Bit of a let-down, this match. I expected quite a bit more of it, judging from the Safin-Gonzales match. (understatement alert! )

Rafa didn't need to do anything special, and imho, he didn't do so either. A routine, solid performance. Congrats, Raf!
Safin was just... pathetic. Sorry, no other words for it. You know he's in a major mess when his serve stats are worse than Rafa's, who isn't actually anything near to being a 'big server'.
Time to Leave the Building, Marat... alas.

Finally I got to see Rafa playing Nice entertaining match IMO, great exchange on the net at the end and some entertaining antics from Rafa in the 2nd set Even Marat gave Rafa a Too bad Safin couldn't keep it more competitive but Rafa played well swinging his shots from corner to corner kissing the lines and moving Safin around.
Good luck against Cilic, Rafa